Caribbean Sea

MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Rafael formed over the eastern Caribbean Sea on Friday, triggering storm warnings for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and several other islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Rafael was centered about 125 miles west-southwest of the island of Dominica and was moving north-northwest at 12 miles per hour. It had top sustained winds of 40 mph and was forecast to move on a northern path that posed no threat to the United...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - During four days in the historic heart of the Dominican capital, I saw men gather every afternoon in the central square to play dominoes, usually ringed by crowds of onlookers. I saw four women park beside the rolling Caribbean Sea on a Friday afternoon to crack bottles of Presidente beer and play ground-shaking music in celebration of the weekend. In a park where artisans sold their wares, I sipped rum and watched women with their hair pulled into tight buns...

(Reuters) - A broad area of low pressure in the northwestern Caribbean Sea has a high 60 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. The storm system is moving toward the west-northwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour, the Miami-based weather forecasters said. "Cloudiness and showers associated with this low continue to show signs of organization and a tropical depression could form...

MIAMI, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed in the northeastern Caribbean Sea on Wednesday and was forecast to drench Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic as it headed into the Atlantic, forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm was centered about 70 miles (110 km) south of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was expected to curve slowly to the northwest and then turn to the northeast on a path that would take it east of the Turks...

(Reuters) - A broad area of low pressure in the northwestern Caribbean Sea has a high 60 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. The storm system is moving toward the west-northwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour, the Miami-based weather forecasters said. "Cloudiness and showers associated with this low continue to show signs of organization and a tropical depression could form...

(Reuters) - A large area of clouds and thunderstorms over Honduras and the northwestern Caribbean Sea has a 40 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday. The storm system is expected to move inland over Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula later on Monday, the NHC said. "Some development is possible if the system emerges over the Bay of Campeche later on Tuesday or...

MIAMI (Reuters) - The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season could be "extremely active" and spawn 13 to 20 tropical storms, seven to 11 of which are expected to become hurricanes, the U.S. government's top climate agency predicted on Thursday. Three to six of the hurricanes could become major at Category 3 or above, with winds of more than 110 miles per hour, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its annual forecast. "For the six-month hurricane season which...

Atlantic Ocean coastline: Because of its many arms and appendages (like the Caribbean Sea and Mediterranean Sea), the Atlantic Ocean has more miles of coastline than the Pacific and Indian Oceans combined.

MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Rafael formed over the eastern Caribbean Sea on Friday, triggering storm warnings for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and several other islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Rafael was centered about 125 miles west-southwest of the island of Dominica and was moving north-northwest at 12 miles per hour. It had top sustained winds of 40 mph and was forecast to move on a northern path that posed no threat to the United...